The first newsletter for 2010 is being printed and will be distributed to members next weekend, together with a copy of the Village Directory. If you would like to read a copy go to the Pages column. You will need to have Microsoft Word software on your computer.
The newsletter includes information about
The next meeting of the Group is being held on Wednesday 10th February in the Shotley Bridge Hospital restaurant at 6pm.
Guest speakers will be Gail Patterson [Site Manager Shotley Bridge] and Debbie Edwards [Community Hospitals Assistant Director of Projects].
There will also be updates on the Garden Project and Urgent Care. Car parking and bus services are also on the agenda.
The Group aims to raise the profile of services at Shotley Bridge and promote the message that people need to use their local hospital whenever that is practical for their health care.
I have created a photo gallery of the event, in the ‘Pages’ column under ‘Photo galleries’ [in the top right of the screen]. Just click on any photo to enlarge the image.
If you have any photos to contribute to the gallery please send them to me by email.
The horse and carriage rides during the Victorian Christmas Weekend proved to be very popular
A big thank you to the North East Carriage Company for providing the service at their own cost. Over the two days the rides raised over £400 for the North of England Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
It is suggested that the rides should be a permanent feature, as it proved to be very effective in slowing the traffic down through the village centre!
This evening, a small ensemble from Consett Brass played under the white lights of the Christmas tree, which Father Christmas had successfully lit with his ‘magic dust’ at 4pm.
Earlier, the Victorian Costume Competition had been judged by the ‘three wise men’ of Shotley Bridge, representing all the churches in the village.
Hopefully, tomorrow, when the decision on the ‘best dressed’ Victorians will be taken by three local councillors, more children will enter the competition.
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